Combination wood and cement post



w. B. McDONALD.

COMBINATION WOOD ANDIIEMENT'POST.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I 1920.

Patented May 24, 1921.

INVENTOR. William b. Mafia/mid,

WITNESSES.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT osrrcgi j v WILLIAMB. MCDONALD, or LAWRENCE-KANSAS:

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, WILLIAM B; Mo- DONALD, a citizen of the United States, -residin at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas and btate of Kansas, have invented; certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Wood and Cement Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combination wood and concrete posts and may be used to advantage as a fence post, a telegraph post, a building post, etc.

Broadly speaking the invention consists of a wooden post and a concretebase to support said post above the ground so that it will not rot out readily. The invention also embodies novel means for securing the post of a fastening device employed in connecting the wooden post and the cement block to ether.

eferring now more particularly to the device disclosed by Figs. 1 and 2, 4 designates a concrete block having an upward projection 6 to raise the base of the wooden post 8 above the Surface of the ground. The projection 6 is reinforced with one or more wires 10, arran ed in rectangular form, and hooks 12 which engage the wires 10 and extend downwardly through the block 4. g

14 designates a tubular fastening device embedded centrally in the concrete block 4. The upper end ofsaid tubular device 14 is, preferably, disposed flush with the top of the projection 6, whileits enlarged intermediate portion 16 is internally threaded to receive a screw 18 threaded or otherwise secured in the lower end of the post 8. The tubular device 14 not only provides means for receiving the lower threaded end of the screw 18, but it also reinforces and pre- Specification of Letters-Batent.

COMBINATION WOOD AND CEMENT POST.

\ Patented May24, 1921. Application filed March 1, 1920. Serial no. 362,212. .7

vents the concrete from crumbling. around the opening into whichsaid screw 18 extends :The lower portion 20 of the tubular device providesa space into whichthe lower endfofthe screw 18 may: project without contacting the concreteblock 4- when the post 8 is screwed into position upon the projection 6. r

The tubular device 14 and the screw 18 are assisted in holding the post 4 in upright for the sake of economy may be made of old fence wire of which there is a plentiful supply on most farms. The concrete block 4 is provided with a hook 28 similar 1 to the hooks 26, for holding down the lower margin of a woven wire fence (not shown) when the same is applied to the posts. The

concrete block 4 is also equipped with one or more wooden plugs 30, so that should the upper portions of the hooks 26 and 28 rust off or become broken, holes are provided for additional hooks by removing the plugs 30, if the same have not already rotted out. -When new hooks are placed in the holes left by the plugs 30, they are fixed in the post 8 issecured in place by an L-shaped.

anchor 18*, the lower end of which isembedded in the concrete block 4, while its upper portion issecured to the post 8*" by screws 38. Posts 8 may beused to advan- The upper end of the brace 22 is tage in the construction of fences and barns or other buildings.

In the building post disclosed by Fig. 4,

the wooden post 8" is held upon the concrete block 4 by the projection 6 a pin 40 and a hook 42, the lower portion of which latter is embedded in said block 4".

In the form disclosed by Fig. 5, the

wooden post 8 may answer as a telephone anchors 18.

clamp 44. Wire braces 22 are secured at their upper ends to the clamp 44 and extend down to hooks 26 secured in the concrete block 4. The braces 22 are assisted in holding the post 8 in upright position by If preferred rigid braces 22* may be substituted for the wire braces 22.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: r

Ina device of the character described, a concrete base provided at its upper side with a square projection a threaded member embedded in said base, means to reinforce said base, a post to fit upon the projection on 15 and braces connected to said hooks and rthe 20 post to secure the latter upon the former. In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of tyvo Witnesses.

WILLIAM B- MCDONALDI 1 Witnesses: 1

F. C. FISCHER, L. J. F ISGHER. 

